When the path to parenthood feels overwhelming, specialized support matters.

ANA VELOUISE, LMFT, PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST IN PASADENA AND ONLINE ACROSS CA

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FERTILITY CHALLENGES | QUEER FAMILY BUILDING | PREGNANCY LOSS | BIRTH TRAUMA | POSTPARTUM STRUGGLES

Ana Velouise (she),
LMFT, PMH-C

You Imagined the Transition to Parenthood Very Differently Than This

When infertility, pregnancy loss, or postpartum challenges enter the picture, they can bring relentless waves of worry, despair, and resentment.

You may find yourself researching late into the night, searching for certainty where there may not be any. Or noticing emotions that catch you off guard such as jealousy, shame, anger, or fear.

This is why what you’re facing deserves more than a generalist approach.

I work with people whose path to parenthood has taken an unexpected turn that feels destabilizing and overwhelming. In therapy with me, there is space to name what is too heavy or complicated to say anywhere else. We'll slow down enough to make sense of your experience, untangle what's driving it, and find a way through that feels like yours.

The fact that you’re here tells me you care deeply about becoming the parent you want to be. That commitment is one of your greatest strengths—and we'll build on it together.

Support From Someone Who Understands How Complex and All-Consuming This Season of Life Can Be

Many of the people who find their way to my practice have already tried to explain their experience to loved ones and other healthcare professionals only to feel misunderstood or minimized.

In our work together, that changes. You don't have to translate your experience or make it more palatable. This is a space where what you're carrying can be named and met without judgment.

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A Depth-Oriented, Relational, and Evidence-Informed Approach

I work with individuals, couples, and families navigating reproductive grief and parenthood. My work is grounded in the belief that therapy is not only about reducing symptoms, but about helping you feel more at home in yourself and more capable of the life you're building.

I am especially interested in helping people shift inherited stories and the intergenerational patterns underneath them. I don't pathologize what are often reasonable responses to unreasonable circumstances.

My style is warm, grounded, genuine, and curious, with room for humor and the occasional challenge. I tend to be a good fit for people looking for therapy that is reflective, emotionally honest, and grounded in deeper understanding rather than quick fixes.

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AREAS OF CLINICAL SPECIALIZATION

Infertility & TTC Challenges

Support for the anxiety, grief, and uncertainty that can accompany infertility, fertility treatments, and the complex path toward building a family.
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Pregnancy Loss & Reproductive Grief

Therapy for those navigating miscarriage, TFMR, stillbirth, or complicated reproductive loss, and the grief that often feels invisible to others. >>> Learn more.

Queer Family Building

Support for the grief, exhaustion, and identity shifts that come with building a family as an LGBTQ person.
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Postpartum Mental Health

Support for postpartum anxiety, depression, identity shifts, and the emotional intensity that can follow pregnancy and birth.
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Reproductive Mental Health Credentials

- Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology, Antioch University
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in CA, #155005 (Verify my license.)
Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C), Postpartum Support International
- EMDR Basic Training, EMDRIA
- Interpersonal Therapy Training, IPT Institute
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Perinatal Mental Health Clients, Fulfilled Motherhood
- Art of Holding Perinatal Distress, Postpartum Stress Center
- Pregnancy Loss and Newborn Death for Psychotherapists, Touchstone Institute
- Navigating Trans and Nonbinary Perinatal Mental Health, Maternal Mental Health Now
- Mental Health Professionals Training Modules, American Society for Reproductive Medicine
- Board Member, CA Chapter of Postpartum Support International
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
- California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
- Postpartum Support International (PSI)
- RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
- RTZ HOPE for Perinatal Loss
- GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality